Callous-unemotional traits and social information processing: Multiple risk-factor models for understanding aggressive behavior in antisocial youth

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 515-529

  Stickle, Timothy R ^a   Kirkpatrick, Neil M ^a   Brush, Lauren N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Callous unemotional traits; Psychopathy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PRISONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 71449097545     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-008-9171-7     Document Type: Article

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